2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 2 – November 16
Teams	12
Venue(s)	8 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Simona Gioli
Official website
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2007 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from November 2 to November 16, 2007 in Japan.

Qualifying

12 teams participated in the World Cup:

The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2007: Cuba, Italy, Brazil, Kenya, Thailand
Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2007: South Korea, United States, Serbia, Peru
The host nation's team: Japan
Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2007: Poland, Dominican Republic

Squads

Venues

Rounds	Site A	Site B
1st	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium	Hamamatsu Arena
2nd	Namihaya Dome	Sendai Gymnasium
3rd	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium
4th	Nippongaishi Hall	Park Arena Komaki

Competition System

The competition system of the 2007 World Cup for Women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.

Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): 12 participating teams have been divided in 2 groups (Site A & Site B)

Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): teams have continued to play against the remaining teams of the other groups.

Result

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

	Team	Points	Play	Wins	Lose	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Italy	22	11	11	0	33	2	16.500	858	604	1.421
2	Brazil	20	11	9	2	29	9	3.222	891	671	1.328
3	United States	20	11	9	2	28	13	2.154	940	821	1.145
4	Cuba	19	11	8	3	28	17	1.647	1020	951	1.073
5	Serbia	18	11	7	4	26	15	1.733	910	866	1.051
6	Poland	17	11	6	5	23	18	1.278	908	820	1.107
7	Japan	17	11	6	5	21	19	1.105	885	866	1.022
8	South Korea	15	11	4	7	16	22	0.727	825	848	0.973
9	Dominican Republic	14	11	3	8	12	28	0.429	797	911	0.875
10	Thailand	13	11	2	9	11	29	0.379	784	924	0.848
11	Peru	12	11	1	10	6	30	0.200	681	855	0.796
12	Kenya	11	11	0	11	2	33	0.061	498	860	0.579

Round 1

Site A - Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Nov	13:35	South Korea	0–3	Serbia	21–25	23–25	15–25			59–75	P2 P3
2 Nov	16:05	Italy	3–0	Thailand	25–14	25–14	25–16			75–44	P2 P3
2 Nov	19:30	Japan	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–23	25–18	25–20			75–61	P2 P3
3 Nov	12:35	Serbia	3–1	Thailand	25–20	18–25	25–17	26–24		94–86	P2 P3
3 Nov	15:05	Dominican Republic	0–3	Italy	17–25	16–25	17–25			50–75	P2 P3
3 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–1	South Korea	25–23	19–25	25–22	25–16		94–86	P2 P3
4 Nov	12:35	Dominican Republic	3–2	Thailand	25–14	25–21	23–25	19–25	17–15	109–100	P2 P3
4 Nov	15:05	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–19	25–22			75–56	P2 P3
4 Nov	18:00	Japan	1–3	Serbia	20–25	20–25	25–18	24–26		89–94	P2 P3

Site B - Hamamatsu Arena

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Nov	13:35	Cuba	3–0	Kenya	25–11	25–18	25–20			75–49	P2 P3
2 Nov	16:05	Peru	0–3	United States	23–25	14–25	19–25			56–75	P2 P3
2 Nov	19:35	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–12	25–20	25–22			75–54	P2 P3
3 Nov	12:35	Cuba	2–3	United States	25–20	21–25	18–25	25–20	11–15	100–105	P2 P3
3 Nov	15:05	Peru	0–3	Poland	17–25	17–25	16–25			50–75	P2 P3
3 Nov	18:05	Brazil	3–0	Kenya	25–16	25–7	25–14			75–37	P2 P3
4 Nov	12:35	Kenya	0–3	Peru	16–25	9–25	19–25			44–75	P2 P3
4 Nov	15:05	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	25–19	19–25	25–17	19–25	15–11	103–97	P2 P3
4 Nov	18:05	Poland	1–3	United States	21–25	25–12	25–27	17–25		88–89	P2 P3

Round 2

Site A - Namihaya Dome

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Nov	12:35	Italy	3–2	Serbia	23–25	25–14	16–25	25–17	15–7	104–88	P2 P3
6 Nov	15:05	Dominican Republic	1–3	South Korea	24–26	25–22	20–25	21–25		90–98	P2 P3
6 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–19	27–25	25–14			77–58	P2 P3
7 Nov	12:35	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–21	25–20	25–21			75–62	P2 P3
7 Nov	15:05	Dominican Republic	0–3	Serbia	22–25	14–25	23–25			59–75	P2 P3
7 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Italy	18–25	19–25	14–25			51–75	P2 P3

Site B - Sendai Gymnasium

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Nov	12:35	Kenya	0–3	United States	9–25	20–25	10–25			39–75	P2 P3
6 Nov	15:05	Cuba	3–2	Poland	21–25	26–24	22–25	25–21	15–13	109–108	P2 P3
6 Nov	18:05	Brazil	3–0	Peru	25–17	25–15	25–17			75–49	P2 P3
7 Nov	12:35	Kenya	0–3	Poland	12–25	10–25	15–25			37–75	P2 P3
7 Nov	15:05	Cuba	3–0	Peru	29–27	25–19	25–13			79–59	P2 P3
7 Nov	18:05	Brazil	2–3	United States	25–17	25–16	21–25	23–25	9–15	103–98	P2 P3

Round 3

Site A - Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	14:05	Italy	3–0	Poland	25–15	25–15	25–18			75–48	P2 P3
9 Nov	16:35	Kenya	0–3	Serbia	15–25	16–25	10–25			41–75	P2 P3
9 Nov	19:30	Japan	3–1	Peru	25–18	25–13	22–25	25–19		97–75	P2 P3
10 Nov	14:05	Italy	3–0	Kenya	25–13	25–13	25–5			75–31	P2 P3
10 Nov	16:35	Peru	0–3	Serbia	15–25	15–25	23–25			53–75	P2 P3
10 Nov	19:30	Japan	3–2	Poland	19–25	25–23	18–25	25–22	15–12	102–107	P2 P3
11 Nov	12:35	Italy	3–0	Peru	25–13	25–21	25–17			75–51	P2 P3
11 Nov	15:05	Poland	3–2	Serbia	24–26	25–23	25–12	19–25	15–10	108–96	P2 P3
11 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Kenya	25–14	25–12	25–8			75–34	P2 P3

Site B - Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	12:35	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–12	25–13	25–20			75–45	P2 P3
9 Nov	15:05	Dominican Republic	1–3	United States	16–25	25–20	16–25	18–25		75–95	P2 P3
9 Nov	18:05	Cuba	3–2	South Korea	25–20	17–25	19–25	25–21	15–10	101–101	P2 P3
10 Nov	12:35	Cuba	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–13	25–27	25–23	25–18		100–81	P2 P3
10 Nov	15:05	Thailand	1–3	United States	25–21	19–25	11–25	13–25		68–96	P2 P3
10 Nov	18:05	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–17	25–17			75–49	P2 P3
11 Nov	12:35	Cuba	3–1	Thailand	25–22	23–25	25–22	25–13		98–82	P2 P3
11 Nov	15:05	South Korea	0–3	United States	21–25	19–25	23–25			63–75	P2 P3
11 Nov	18:05	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–16	25–12	25–14			75–42	P2 P3

Round 4

Site A - Nagoya Rainbow Hall

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
14 Nov	14:05	Brazil	0–3	Italy	20–25	23–25	19–25		62–75	P2 P3
14 Nov	16:35	Serbia	3–1	United States	28–26	23–25	25–20	25–23	101–94	P2 P3
14 Nov	19:30	Japan	1–3	Cuba	25–22	29–31	23–25	20–25	97–103	P2 P3
15 Nov	12:35	Brazil	3–0	Serbia	25–13	25–14	25–21		75–48	P2 P3
15 Nov	15:05	Cuba	0–3	Italy	25–27	19–25	16–25		60–77	P2 P3
15 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	United States	17–25	14–25	20–25		51–75	P2 P3
16 Nov	12:35	Cuba	3–1	Serbia	23–25	25–22	25–20	25–22	98–89	P2 P3
16 Nov	15:05	Italy	3–0	United States	25–20	25–18	27–25		77–63	P2 P3
16 Nov	18:00	Japan	1–3	Brazil	16–25	25–23	18–25	18–25	77–98	P2 P3

Site B - Park Arena Komaki

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	12:35	Kenya	2–3	Thailand	15–25	25–23	25–22	13–25	10–15	88–110	P2 P3
14 Nov	15:05	Dominican Republic	0–3	Poland	14–25	14–25	18–25			46–75	P2 P3
14 Nov	18:05	South Korea	3–0	Peru	25–17	26–24	25–20			76–61	P2 P3
15 Nov	12:35	Dominican Republic	3–0	Kenya	25–19	25–16	25–18			75–53	P2 P3
15 Nov	15:05	Peru	0–3	Thailand	23–25	22–25	17–25			62–75	P2 P3
15 Nov	18:05	South Korea	1–3	Poland	20–25	25–20	23–25	19–25		87–95	P2 P3
16 Nov	12:05	Dominican Republic	3–2	Peru	23–25	21–25	25–17	25–10	15–13	109–90	P2 P3
16 Nov	14:35	Poland	3–0	Thailand	25–15	25–17	25–22			75–54	P2 P3
16 Nov	17:05	Kenya	0–3	South Korea	16–25	17–25	12–25			45–75	P2 P3

Final standings

Place	Team
	Italy
	Brazil
	United States
4	Cuba
5	Serbia
6	Poland
7	Japan
8	South Korea
9	Dominican Republic
10	Thailand
11	Peru
12	Kenya

	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics

2007 FIVB Women's World Cup
Italy First title

Team Roster:

Jenny Barazza, Taismary Agüero, Antonella Del Core, Francesca Ferretti, Simona Gioli, Francesca Piccinini, Paola Cardullo, Martina Guiggi, Sara Anzanello, Eleonora Lo Bianco, Serena Ortolani, and Manuela Secolo.
Head Coach: Massimo Barbolini.

Awards

MVP: Simona Gioli (ITA)
Best Scorer: Katarzyna Skowronska (POL)
Best Spiker: Nancy Carrillo (CUB)
Best Blocker: Simona Gioli (ITA)
Best Server: Yanelis Santos (CUB)
Best Libero: Paola Cardullo (ITA)
Best Setter: Hélia Souza (BRA)

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